An empirical observation is one that is:
A. measurable
B. a fact
C. received through the senses
D. all of these
C. received through the senses
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Which of the following statements is true of cross-cultural studies?
A. They allow anthropologists to make distinctions between behaviors that are culture specific and those that are universal. B. They make it possible for anthropologists to determine if a social trait is biologically inherited or culturally derived. C. They are no longer used by anthropologists because this older methodology has been shown to produce false results due to both temporal and geographic lag. D. They cannot be conducted today because there has been too much migration from one culture to another due to modern transportation.
Many anthropologists who work at the community level think that for the success of a development project more attention should be paid to
A) native crops and farming techniques. B) cattle raising. C) top down planning. D) industrialization. E) tourism.
Which statement about religion in the United States is FALSE?
a. The United States places a high value on organized religion. b. A higher percentage of the U.S. population is affiliated with a religious organization than Western European countries. c. Church membership in the United States has grown steadily over the last 200 years. d. About 65 percent of Americans claim that religion plays an important role in their lives. e. Membership in religious organizations in the United States has declined slightly over the last 15 years.
The most interesting fact about human skin color is that there appears to be no adaptive significance whatsoever to population-level variations in skin color
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false